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REIN HOLDER. No. 351,221.

Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

WITNESSES INVBN TOR I ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

WILLIAM D. TABER, OF ROCKVILLE, RHODE ISLAND.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,221, dated October19, 1886.

Application filed February 2, 1886. Serial No. 190,622. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. TABER, of Rockville, in the county of\Vashington and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and ImprovedAutomatic Rein Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to the construction of a rein-holder made from asingle piece of wire bent to form loops by which the device is caughtupon the dash-board, and loops within which the reins may be insertedand held to place by the tension of the wire, as will be hereinaftermore fully explained, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a view of a portion of the inner face of a dash-boardprovided with my improved form of rein-holder, and Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same.

In constructing such a reinholder as is illustrated in the drawings, Itake a piece of stiff elastic wire and bend it at the points I) and b,so that it will project at right angles from the central portion, a,which central portion is preferably about four and a half or five inchesin length. The wire is bent over and downward at c and 0, so that thedownwardly-extending ends will run about parallel wit-h the upwardlyextending portions (1 and d. The wire is then bent inward and upward ateand e, and then backward and downward at f and f, thedownwardly-extending portions 9 and 9 being about parallel with theportions (1 and d. At It and h the wire is bent inward toward the centerof the main portion a, and just above the center of this portion a thewires are slightly twisted, the one about the other, so that as theycross the extending ends of the one will lie close to the body of theother, the wires being finally bent at i ijust inside of the points I)b, the two endsof the wire being brought together just back of thecenter of a, where they are united by a sleeve, k, connection betweenthe parts being made by solder or by any mechanical means desired.

By bending the wire as described I form two loops, A and A, designed forengagement with the dash-board D, as clearly indicated in the drawings,and two otherloops, B and B, which are designed to hold the reins G 0when such reins are placed in the position shown in the drawings. Bothlengths of wire constituting the loops B and B are bent outward at 'i i,the idea being to permit of an easy introduc tion of the reins.

With this rein-holder a double automatic clamping device is provided,the parts being so formed that the holder is clamped to the dashboard bythe loops A A, while the reins are clamped and held by the holderthrough the action of the loops B 13, all parts of the holder beingformed from a single length of wire.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a rein-holder formed of a pieceof wire having a central portion, (1 bent at its opposite ends, b b, toform upward-extending arms (I (1, then over and downward at c c, theninward and upward at e c, then backward and downward,

as at f f, thus forming two loops to embrace the edge of the dash-board,the downwardextending arms 9 9 being bent inward toward the center ofthe portion a, and there crossed to form two rein-clamps, the wiresbeing finally bent beyond their point of crossing, as at i i, inward andconnected, as at K, substantially as set forth.

XVILLIAM D. TABER. lVitnesses:

GEO. E. GREENE, GEo. H. HULL.

